During my trauma recovery process I had zero idea of what a successful PTSD recovery program might look like. Truthfully, I bounced around from one attempt to another, one professional to another, one challenge to another, one “failure” to another, one...

Dr. Doreen Dupont is a physician who spends a lot of time on social media — which is where I met her and we struck up a conversation about how to handle those feelings of self-fragility after trauma. Dr. Dupont knows about this first-hand: In 2007 Dr. Dupont...

PTSD myths that interfere with trauma recovery really get me frustrated! Healing is tough enough when we operate within the boundaries of truth and fact. When you add in false PTSD myths that interfere with how we move forward trauma recovery can really take an...

Combat PTSD and the family unit are a tough combination. How do survivors and their caregivers manage symptoms and the uncertainty of life with PTSD? How to keep a relationship functional and even loving can be challenging when posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms...

How to stop a panic attack takes practice, and a little insight into the science behind your symptoms. In my own life, I’ve only had one full-blown panic attack. The onslaught of feeling, emotion, and involuntary physical reaction shocked and surprised me. I was,...

One of the most critical keys to overcoming trauma and PTSD is resilience — an aspect of your core strength that no drug can help you access. When drugs aren’t enough to help you reach post-trauma success, what then? I’m always looking for ways that...